Disinfecting apparatus



(No Model) J. A. CLINTON.

DISINFEGTING APPARATUS.

No. 584,208, y

Patented June 8,1897.

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JAMES A. CLINTON, OF BROOKLYN NEW YORK.

DISINFECTING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 584,208, dated June 8,1897.

Application filed March 21, 1896. Serial No. 584,282. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, JAMES A. CLINTON, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of NewYork, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Receptaclesfor Containing Disinfectants and other Similar Substances and ExposingSame to Evaporation, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The object of my invention is to provide a receptacle for disinfectantswhich shall contain same in such a manner that a determined quantity ofthe disinfectant shall at all times be exposed, while the quantity ofthe disinfectant so exposed may be easily regulated.

Referring to the drawings, which form a part of my specification, and inwhich similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts whereverthey occur, Figure 1 is a front elevation showing my improvedreceptacle, a portion of the front wall of the outer casing being brokenaway in order to show the inner receptacle. Fig. 2 is a plan view of thereceptacle. Fig. 3 is a sectional View taken upon the line as a; ofFig. 1. Fig. i is a sectional view taken upon the line 'y y of Fig. 1.Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the inner receptacle, part of the Wickingupon both chambers being broken away to show the arrangement of thedistributing-wicks.

The letter Aindicates the outer receptacle, which may be constructed inany suitable manner, preferably being made of light metal. Thisreceptacle is provided with a hinged cover A, and its front wall hasopenings A to admit of the free circulation of air around the innerreceptacle. The back of the receptacle A is extended at its top andbottom and is provided with openings to to permit of nails or screwsbeing passed therethrough, so as to secure the receptacle to a wall orother means of support or so that the receptacle may be supported uponhooks or nails secured to such walls or other supports.

The inner receptacleconsists of two chambers B B. These may be of anydesired shape and are preferably formed of light metal. The two chambersB B are connected together at or near their bottom parts by a tube Bwhich readily permits the flow'of liquids from the chamber 13 to thechamber B, or vice Versa. In order to give strength and solidity, thetwo chambers are also connected at or near their top parts with a strapB and this strap has opening Z) to permit of a nail or screw beingpassed therethrough, as shown in Fig. 4:, so that these chambers may, ifdesired, be supported by such nail or screw or by a hook or otherfastening means upon the wall or other supporting-surface.

As shown in Figs. 1, 4., and 5, the chamber B is provided with ascrew-threaded nipple b and with a screw-threaded cap 6 which is adaptedto engage with the screw-threaded nipple and to close it.

Upon the top of the chamber B is a tube 12 This tube opens into thechamber B. It is provided with a set-screw b, which is used as aregulator, as will more fully be hereinafter explained. A circularwicking O, of approximately the same diameter as the tube b passesthrough said tube 12 into the interior of the chamber B and extends outof the outer extremity of the tube b and when the receptacle is in useit passes down against the sideof the receptacle B, being held in thatposition by the wick D and the clamps d cl. Attached to said wick O, ator near the point where it emerges from the tube 12 is another circularwick C, which passes down by the side of the chamber B, and is thereheld in that position by the wick D and the clamps d d The wicks D D aresufficiently large to cover the front and the two sides of the chambersB B, respectively, but do not extend around the back of said chambers.Metal clamps d (1 (Z d are secured to the back of the chambers B B andare formed in two parts, each part extendin ground one side of thechambers B B, and are adapted to be secured together at or near themiddle of the chamber by means of the rings E, the ends of the clampsbeing passed through said rings and bent back upon themselves for thatpurpose. Instead of the clamps d cl (Z d any other suitable fasteningmeans can be employed, this forming no material part of my invention.

In operating my invention the inner receptacle, or, in other words, thechambers B B, are withdrawn from the outer casing A and the cap 71 isunscrewed from the chamber B; The disinfecting fluid is then poured intothe chamber B through the nipple b,

' W I regulate the flow of the disinfecting fluid in two ways: first, bymeans of the set-screw b in the tube 12 for as the set-screw is turneddown upon the wick C it prevents, according as it is turned a greater ora less distance, the

passage of the disinfecting fluid through the wick O; second, it will beobserved that the chamber B has no inlet or outlet except through thetube 11 As the disinfecting fluid is poured in the chamberB it rises, ofcourse,

' to an equal height inboth of the chambers 13 B, the screw-cap b beingscrewed down upon the nipple 7). Both chambers are thus closed, the onlyinlet or outlet being the small tube 5 through which the circular wick 0passes.

-As the chambers B B are not entirely filled,

a small body of airis always present in the upper part of the chamber13, thus forming an air-cushion. As the fluid is withdrawn from thechamber B through'the wickC the withdrawal of the fluid tends to createavacmum in the upper part of the chamber B, and to this extent the flowof the disinfecting fluid through the'circuiar wick O is retarded andregulated, the flow being slower than it would be but for thisarrangement of the two chainbers and the presence of air in the upperpart of the chamber B. I secure, therefore, by

this means a constant and automatic regulation of the flow of thedisinfecting fluid in addition to the regulation which I secure by meansof the set-screw b.

It will be obvious that while my invention is more particularly adaptedfor usein connection with disinfecting fluids it may be employed as areceptacle for other liquids and for other purposes without departingfrom the spirit of my invention.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

'1. In combination, a plurality of chambers, a conduit-pipe connectingthem to allow the liquid to flow from one chamber to the other,independent wicks on the outer sides of the chambers and the feed wickextending from one of the chambers and having branches connecting withboth the outer wicks, substantially as described.

2. A receptaclefor disinfectants consisting of an outer casing, aplurality'of chambers communicating with each other through a tn bular.connection located at or near their bottom parts, inlet and outletopenings therein, and means for closing same, wicks secured to the outerwalls. of said chambers and con.-

nected by means of wicking with the interior of one of said chambersthrough itsoutletopening, substantially as shown and described.

3. A receptacle for disinfectants consisting of a plurality of chamberscommunicating with eachother through a tubular connection located at ornear their bottom parts, inlet and outlet openings therein, and meansfor closing same, wicks secured to the outer walls ofsaid chambers andconnected by means of wicking with the interior of one of said chambersthrough its outlet-o penin g, substantially as shown and described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twowitnesses.

JAMES A. CLINTON.

W'itnesses:

WALTER F. PEACOCK, JOSEPH J. CHANDLER.

